Example sentences of "is [adv] likely to lead " in BNC.
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| 1 | In each of these , aims are specified , and linked to the type of parental action which , according to the best available research , is most likely to lead to their achievement . |
| 2 | Direct contact is most likely to lead to infection of the skin , conjunctiva or mucous membrane . |
| 3 | It is possibly this kind of teaching which is most likely to lead to situations such as those found in the Nottingham reading study ( Lunzer and Gardner , 1979 ) , where secondary-school children could explain how to use a contents page or an index perfectly well , but when observed in their work , did not actually use these things much at all . |
| 4 | The level of logical rigour is initially very low and is thus likely to lead to an unsuccessful solution . |
| 5 | This may be a desirable policy from the egalitarian point of view , but it is not likely to lead directly to any substantial reduction of housing inequalities as the evidence from countries such as Canada , without mortgage tax relief , shows . |
| 6 | One intent of the review , says Nancy Maynard , an assistant director at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy , is to eliminate duplication but it is not likely to lead to a wholesale restructuring of agency missions . |
| 7 | Speaking after a visit to Orkney this week , Harry Garland , BASW Scottish convener , said it ‘ would only lead to further distress for all concerned , and is not likely to lead to any clarification of the issues ’ . |
| 8 | There is some evidence that the sexually transmitted form of hepatitis is more likely to lead to liver damage than that passed on by means of blood products . |
| 9 | In one sense a later decision is more convenient , because it allows all useful information to be collated , and is more likely to lead to a considered expenditure of funds . |
| 10 | Worrying about your weight is more likely to lead to comforting yourself with a piece of chocolate that it is to assist in burning up calories . |
| 11 | Crane , however , argues 45 that affiliation to a prestigious university is more likely to lead to recognition for a scientist than higher productivity . |
| 12 | Crane , however , argues that affiliation to a prestigious university is more likely to lead to recognition for a scientist than higher productivity . |
| 13 | Hence , if stripping of the anal mucosa with encoanal anastomosis is used in older patients , we think that it is more likely to lead to lower anal pressures and faecal leakage after operation than the technically simpler alternative of end to end anastomosis . |
| 14 | Though by no means uncommon , this approach wastes a great deal of staff time ( because the same titles will be listed and considered in several different sources ) and is also likely to lead to duplicate ordering . |
| 15 | This responsiveness to consumer demand is also likely to lead to greater choice . |
| 16 | The Government 's reform of local authority finance is therefore likely to lead to a deterioration in local authority services , be they health , education or welfare . |